Hey, you know that bit of time when I actually accepted you as an equal human being?

Yeah?

Well, screw that. >:(

No I don't remember that but it's good to know, even if it's now supposedly past tense.

<3

At 7/3/08 01:06 AM, CapnCrunchDaPimp wrote:

At 7/2/08 12:01 AM, gamerpeepinpa wrote:
I've listened to all the tracks on Absolution and BH&R before, but it feels so much better listening to them on an official CD.

Congrats man, those are the first two Muse CDs I got (thanks goes to Gagsy's sigs).

I feel useful. ='D

My brother recently got into Radiohead, they're his new obsession, but he hates Muse. Apparently he went on YouTube and heard some songs (lies) and he thinks they're awful. Kind of funny, when most people call them Radiohead copycats. If I play a Muse song without telling him though, he likes it. He keeps bashing me for it and whatnot. I guess he's just missing out.

While I can understand why people think of both bands are similar, the copycat remarks really bug me, sure Radiohead started before and maybe a bit of inspiration came from them but no different to how people say "OH FREDDIE MERCURY AND THE BEATLES REALLY INSPIRES ME", doesn't mean they stole the sound at all. To know all the stuff that Matt does for Muse is to know that they aren't copycats. Your brother needs a good kicking.

My brother recently got into Radiohead, they're his new obsession, but he hates Muse. Apparently he went on YouTube and heard some songs (lies) and he thinks they're awful. Kind of funny, when most people call them Radiohead copycats. If I play a Muse song without telling him though, he likes it. He keeps bashing me for it and whatnot. I guess he's just missing out.

Muse fans secretly like Radiohead. Other way around, as well. Also, I see absolutly no similarities between the two bands.

I don't think their similar at all.
They're experimental (in terms of popular music). They have a high pitched singer. They're both fairly morbid.
But really the sounds are very different. Muse are more intense and dark and weirder in a more obvious way.

Radiohead are more subtle with their sound and its obviously less rock orientated.

At 7/4/08 07:21 PM, BananaBreadMuffin wrote:
But if you think about it, Muse were trying to get signed just after The Bends and OK Computer, and, I mean, Showbiz and The Bends are pretty similar in style, especially in terms of guitar work.

I haven't got Showbiz :(.
But the fact they tried to get signed after The Bends/Ok Computer doesn't necessarily mean they were copying Radiohead.
It might have been an issue of birth times :P.
Or maybe they were inspired by those albums (which is much more likely). But theres nothing wrong with that.